New guidelines help non-medics correctly identify acute allergic reactions requiring epinephrine administration ...

Learn more about peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT) and how lowering the treatment dose could help children with peanut ...

Peanut oral immunotherapy is generally safe, but rare, severe immediate allergic reactions may emerge months into treatment, a real-world French study shows.

EpiPen is a first-line, emergency treatment for severe allergic reactions. Benadryl is used for milder allergic reactions. The decision of when to use one or the other depends on the specific symptoms ...

People can develop allergic reactions to the ingredients in tattoo ink. An allergic reaction to a tattoo can emerge years after a person gets tattooed. Medication may be necessary to treat the immune ...

Grace Guthrie was vacationing with her boyfriend in January 2020 when the couple stopped at a café to eat lunch. Guthrie, a 29-year-old dietetic intern at the University of Kansas Medical Center, knew ...

Skeeter syndrome is an allergic reaction to a mosquito bite. Symptoms include swelling, soreness, redness, itching, and pain at the bite location. This reaction can start minutes after the bite and ...